Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2026 . Diary: Theresa. A Visit to Alcatraz. 1980 . I first laid eyes on Theresa as she excited a cable car on a side street next to the Fairmount Hotel where I was staying in San Francisco on assignment in 1980. She walked directly towards me … Read more
Studio News: My personal work and research has been rooted in exploring the visual cross sections of fashion and erotic photography by capturing the impact the sexual revolution of the 1960’s had on advertising and in particular magazine publishing, prior to the evolution of digital capture. In my first book of film photography, … Read more
. THE BRANDYWINE: 1997-1998 . In 1997, Tony Ward was assigned by Eliot Kaplan, then editor in chief of Philadelphia Magazine to create a series of photographs centered around the life and times of George Alexis Weymouth, better known as Frolich Weymouth for a series of articles that were to be published between the … Read more
Early Work: The College Years 1974 – 1980 . Like many photographers during the mid-1970’s Tony Ward embraced the documentary tradition early on in his career and was very influenced by the images he saw in Life Magazine and other leading periodicals including TIME. He began to sharpen his photographic skills by photographing … Read more
. Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2018 . DEEAN: Close Up 1990’s . During the 1990’s my studio was located a block away from South Street, one of the most famous streets in Philadelphia for attracting the avant-garde artists, photographers, musicians and stylists who frequented the trend setting strip. It runs East … Read more